Posted by DaisyM on April 29, 2004, at 0:25:22
I had a weird experience tonight. I had a long, packed day which included therapy late in the afternoon. We had a good conversation but stuck mostly with current problems and upcoming stresses. I left in pretty good shape and attended two more meetings and headed home around 8pm.
I usually watch Smallville with my boys -- we all love Superman! Tonight's episode feature Lex (one of the characters) trying to recover memories about his past. They would show him as a little kid in a number of situations. I didn't really think much about it but started to feel uncomfortable.
At the end, he gets a HUGE memory back about his mother. He confronts his father with the information and his dad says, "If I had know things would have been different." Lex says, "Yes, maybe you would have loved me" and walks out. At this point I'm sobbing and the anxiety in my chest is suffocating. I'm still anxious an hour and half later.
I've never had this happen before. I feel sort of silly and don't know whether to tell my Therapist about this. Maybe I was just tired?
Has anyone else been triggered by a TV show?
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